<![CDATA[Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta]]>Hi, everyone!

We've just updated the beta channel to Opera 28.

This release contains:

  • Texture compression (so Opera will use significantly less graphics memory)
  • Chromium version update to 41
  • New exit dialog
  • Various stability and usability improvements

If you've been following this forum, you'll notice the new exit dialog, warning you that tabs will be closed. This feature was added in response to feedback raised right here in this forum. We're always very grateful to hear back from you what you think about the product.

The texture compression feature is the first in many steps to reduce memory usage on Opera for Android.

The update has been pushed to Google Play and should be available very soon. Please download Opera 28 for Android from Google Play and leave us your feedback as usual.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/8351/improved-memory-usage-and-new-exit-dialog-in-opera-28-for-android-betaRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 07:47:23 GMTWed, 25 Feb 2015 10:15:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:19:07 GMT]]>By any chance opera://flags/#disable-compositing-for-transition can be shown again on flags page?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/70240https://forums.opera.com/post/70240Mon, 23 Mar 2015 19:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:13:11 GMT]]>opera beta is awesome with turbo server... thanks...

how about having option for single column view along with turbo...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/69378https://forums.opera.com/post/69378Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:13:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:52:40 GMT]]>Right, well I've been involved in webgl for a long time. Short story is that graphics drivers just hasn't been up to the standards required so the use of webgl is heavily blacklisted. On newer devices like Nexuses and S5's it's going to be just fine, but older devices or "quirky" devices there's a fair chance webgl has been turned off because you might otherwise see serious issues, like security problems or devices rebooting.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68937https://forums.opera.com/post/68937Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:52:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:20:23 GMT]]>OK then. On ip-check.info webgl is detected with Nexus 7 but not with a chinese tablet and that's why I ask.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68858https://forums.opera.com/post/68858Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:20:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Sun, 08 Mar 2015 08:19:07 GMT]]>@sagrid, texture compression is only used by the compositor so it doesn't affect anything you can read back from webgl, only the actual displayed end result you see on screen. So, no texture compression is on regardless of you using webgl or not.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68814https://forums.opera.com/post/68814Sun, 08 Mar 2015 08:19:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:53:06 GMT]]>Flash is dead, get over it folks...

It slows down browsing. It receives no more security updates. It can't be installed in latest versions of Android without hacking. Etc...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68694https://forums.opera.com/post/68694Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:53:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:29:38 GMT]]>

opera for android lack font size option and again doesn't support flash player unlike ucweb for andriod

How Opera can support Flash player? There is no Flash player for Android?

I guess that could be done via root access.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68677https://forums.opera.com/post/68677Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:29:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:26:11 GMT]]>WebGl would be disabled by default for texture compression?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68676https://forums.opera.com/post/68676Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:29:25 GMT]]>

opera for android lack font size option and again doesn't support flash player unlike ucweb for andriod

How Opera can support Flash player? There is no Flash player for Android?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68668https://forums.opera.com/post/68668Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:29:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:57:19 GMT]]>@bossplayer uc works with flash like but not by default.. need to install... but then more sites use html5 and i have tested sites that use html5 and flash player so html5 video were much more beter than old flash

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68588https://forums.opera.com/post/68588Thu, 05 Mar 2015 15:57:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:49:53 GMT]]>Drag down any loaded page will show up the top bar with site name which originate the current tab (at a given moment). 28b with tablet layout.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68508https://forums.opera.com/post/68508Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:30:47 GMT]]>

And the useless, annoying opera icon still remains when long pressing the home button. Nobody asked for this, yet there it is, agressively ,no option to turn it off

We are each entitled to our own opinions.

For reference... https://forums.opera.com/topic/5831/how-to-remove-opera-icon-from-task-manager-menu

(Ooh, an icon OMG, it must be biting you strongly uh?)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68467https://forums.opera.com/post/68467Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:30:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:42:09 GMT]]>opera for android lack font size option and again doesn't support flash player unlike ucweb for andriod

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68397https://forums.opera.com/post/68397Tue, 03 Mar 2015 06:42:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:26:51 GMT]]>And the useless, annoying opera icon still remains when long pressing the home button. Nobody asked for this, yet there it is, agressively ,no option to turn it off

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68396https://forums.opera.com/post/68396Tue, 03 Mar 2015 05:26:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:48:47 GMT]]>Currently Android status bar is present in media player with ICS, anyway without that bar Opera browser looks weird even on small screens.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68324https://forums.opera.com/post/68324Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:48:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:40:35 GMT]]>Hi, would you please add the full screen mode which can hide the Android status bar in next update? That's would be really cool. Thx! 😃

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68232https://forums.opera.com/post/68232Sat, 28 Feb 2015 21:40:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:42:34 GMT]]>informative

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68116https://forums.opera.com/post/68116Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:42:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:28 GMT]]>Hi guys,

Generally speaking what is in the Beta will be in the next release of final, but sometimes things are unveiled in the beta channel that forces us to push the feature back. A good example of this is Texture Compression which has wide reaching technical implications which are not all easy to foresee until it's "in the wild", or Sync which has a lot of moving parts and several teams working toward the same goal. Both of these features have appeared in earlier betas.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68029https://forums.opera.com/post/68029Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:21:41 GMT]]>

The texture compression feature is the first in many steps to reduce memory usage on Opera for Android.

Opera ❤
You always prove you're a necessary company to make the web better. Thanks for existing!

@loxiw Bookmarks sync is available in the beta it just wasn't mentioned again in the beta release notes.

I understand, then it'll jump to stable with 28? If that's the case this is a really exciting update 🙂

Please yes, I also hope so. That must finally come.

Having that said I have no use for a exit button at all, I'd rather to close all tabs and leave the browser in the memory so I can come back to it faster later. The OS can take care of it automatically, or I can use the recent apps view to swipe Opera out of the RAM when I really need to close it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/68020https://forums.opera.com/post/68020Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:29:28 GMT]]>

@loxiw Bookmarks sync is available in the beta it just wasn't mentioned again in the beta release notes.

I understand, then it'll jump to stable with 28? If that's the case this is a really exciting update 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/67996https://forums.opera.com/post/67996Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:29:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:04:42 GMT]]>@loxiw Bookmarks sync is available in the beta it just wasn't mentioned again in the beta release notes.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/67984https://forums.opera.com/post/67984Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Improved memory usage and new exit dialog in Opera 28 for Android beta on Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:11:55 GMT]]>Wasn't sync supposed to come in 28? 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/67980https://forums.opera.com/post/67980Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:11:55 GMT